Swine flu has completely dominated the last couple of news cycles, even making into Rush Limbaugh’s agenda today. (Rush helpfully informed us that eating pork, bacon, or hotdogs will not infect us. However, he advised against kissing pigs. Seriously.) At any rate, while 149 deaths and thousands of infections in Mexico is a big deal, it’s too early to panic.

Seems like this one should have been shot down by the common sense department. Military officials apparently didn’t see a problem with a photo op that involved a Boeing airliner flying at low altitudes over Manhattan.

The NFL draft happened this weekend. Quarterback Matthew Stafford was the first player selected. He signed a 6-year, $72 million contract with the Detroit Lions, with $41 million guaranteed. This makes him the highest-paid player in the history of the Detroit Lions– and he hasn’t played a snap yet. In contrast, 3-time Super Bowl champion [...]

Every once in a while, you come across a Republican politician who isn’t petrified of Rush. Larry Murphy, a Republican challenging Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter in 2010, is one of them. Granted, Murphy is a relative unknown, but here’s hoping he can change that.

We’re part of a tiny minority that DOESN’T own an iPhone– which explains why we didn’t hear about this story until now.

Apparently Apple authorized an application entitled “baby shaker”– in which the objective is to shake the phone until the crying baby dies. They changed their mind and pulled it yesterday, but how the hell did that get approved in the first place? From an SFGate column:

Ever wondered which state in the US was the most densely populated? The most densely populated state in the U.S. is New Jersey with an average of 1,171.1 people per square mile. The least densely populated state in the U.S. is Alaska with an average of 1.2 people per square mile. For more population related [...]